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Bob's, Your Uncle: A-Z of over 1000 Colloquial Phrases and Their Origins
Bob's Your Uncle AZ of over 1000 Colloquial Phrases and Their Origins
Author: Nigel Rees
A fascinating A-Z guide to over 1000 colloquial idioms and phrases. Explains the meaning and origins of expressions as diverse as 'cut the mustard', 'take a rain check', 'red tape', and 'bring home the bacon'. — Includes discussions of phrases that have entered the language recently such as 'the full Monty', ' bad hair day' , and 'loose cannon'. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780304357406
ISBN-10: 0304357405
Pages: 273
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Publisher: Past Times, Oxford, England
Book Type: Paperback
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